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darylGlobal
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December 21, 2019
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Missing/ Modified links icon missing from the InDesign Links panel

  • December 21, 2019
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My Links Panel works fine.  However for the first time since using InDesign over 10 years ago, the yellow triangles or red question marks that attach themselves to images which have issues of a link, no longer show in Normal View.  No idea why it happened, and no idea how to fix it.  I don't have a Links Panel issue.  I spent 30 minutes searching, but could not find anyone with this issue.  I am sure it is an easy fix, if you know how.  any help?  thanks

 

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    Correct answer Kath25705989avuz

    I have found that this worked:

    Window > click Links > On the side panel that appears on the right, click the burger menu icon that is directly to the right of the Links tab > Panel Options > On the list that appears, scroll down to Link Type > click Show Column and Show in Link Info > click OK at the bottom of the pop up. Then you should see the warning column, page link number, and link type appear. 

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    Kath25705989avuzCorrect answer
    Participant
    September 26, 2023

    I have found that this worked:

    Window > click Links > On the side panel that appears on the right, click the burger menu icon that is directly to the right of the Links tab > Panel Options > On the list that appears, scroll down to Link Type > click Show Column and Show in Link Info > click OK at the bottom of the pop up. Then you should see the warning column, page link number, and link type appear. 

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      mawlsetz
      Participant
      January 4, 2021

      Hello, 

      I use this feature a few times a week and in the last week, the link badges disappeared this started happening in my inDesign CC 16.0.1 on OSX. I'm not looking forward to checking if all 200 links are embedded by clicking each one to read the info panel. Clicking View>Extras>(Show/Hide) Link Badge does not affect whether or not the link badge is shown. Thank you for your attention. 

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        christinec33822912
        Participant
        October 8, 2020

        This same problem has been bugging me! I just this moment found the solution, for me at least. The "Name" column of the links was way too wide, and the link icons were hidden to the right.I shrunk the name column width, and now I can see the icons next to the name.

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          Nathan Klaus
          Participant
          June 24, 2021

          This was the solution for me, as well! Might not be the cause of the OP's issue, but it does result in the "link missing" triangle disappearing until you resize that column. Thanks for posting!

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            paulr81832031
            Participant
            September 26, 2020

            My link icons were missing in just one file.  I eventually found them by using.

            View>Extras>Show Frame Edges

             

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              Debbie5C1C
              Participant
              September 11, 2020

              This has been happening with me since I started using InDesign CC. Like you, I hunted all over to find how to resolve this with no luck.  Zooming into the link that needs updating makes the triangle icon show up.  Of course this only works if you know the link needs updating.  I never had this issue in the 10 years using InDesign.

              Srishti Bali
              Community Manager
              Srishti BaliCommunity Manager
              Community Manager
              January 4, 2020

              Hi Daryl,

               

              Thanks for reaching out. I would like to know if the steps suggested above worked for you, or the issue still persists. If not, I would request if you can share a few more details like:

              • OS and version of InDesign
              • Few screenshots of the issue.
              • Does resetting InDesign Preferences (https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/using/setting-preferences.html) help resolve the issue?
                Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings and InDesign will launch with default settings. You can also take a backup of the folders in case you want to. Location is mentioned in the help article.


              Kindly update the discussion if you still need assistance with it.

              Regards,
              Srishti

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              Community Expert
              LaubenderCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              December 27, 2019

              Hi Daryl,

              does this only happen with a distinct INDD document?

              Or can you see it with a new document where you just place one single image?

               

              Regards,
              Uwe Laubender

              ( ACP )

              rob day
              Community Expert
              rob dayCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              December 21, 2019

              Try View>Extras>Show Link Badge?

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                darylGlobalAuthor
                Known Participant
                December 25, 2019

                Sorry no this does not work.  I had already done this (in both versions on/off) prior to posting.  Still cannot see the link icons.  I shoudl also see them even for the "valid links", but all the link symbols are missing.  No idea how they ever turned off, as it was never anything I manually did myself.

                rob day
                Community Expert
                rob dayCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                December 26, 2019

                Interface problems can be caused by corrupt caches. Try deleting your InDesign Caches folder, on OSX it would be /Users/username/Library/Caches/Adobe InDesign/Version X.0

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